6 Nations 2017

[Pacman1903]

Good win. 27-22

First opening day win in 11 years

[Jupiter]

That's the sort of game we normally lose.

[Disco Buc]

Not into rugby seems to me in Aberdeen it's down to mostly elitist sport.

Just my observation but I'm open to change.

[57vintage]

rules that no one can understand

But surely all those 'fans', probably "Tartan Army foot soldiers", who pack out pubs wearing poorly-matching Highland dress and bizarre footwear, on Saturdays between now and whenever the bourgeois tossage finishes, are experts on the rules, tactics and finer points 😆 of what is really British Bulldog with a 'ball' that isn't? At least that's what they'd have you believe.

It's all very homo-erotic. And shiite.

I'll bet Richie Byrne and Josh Magennis would fit right in.

[Getintaethem]

But surely all those 'fans', probably "Tartan Army foot soldiers", who pack out pubs wearing poorly-matching Highland dress and bizarre footwear, on Saturdays between now and whenever the bourgeois tossage finishes, are experts on the rules, tactics and finer points 😆 of what is really British Bulldog with a 'ball' that isn't? At least that's what they'd have you believe.

It's all very homo-erotic. And shiite.

I'll bet Richie Byrne and Josh Magennis would fit right in.

Pretty much. Going to a game is far worse than watching on television. Too far away to see anything, 20 men next to the ball, penalty, repeat until the end and then lose (well I think we lost) because they got more penalties than us for no good reason. Got hell of a good story out of it but that is for the pub and not here.

[InversneckieDob]

I used to enjoy rugby, but since it went pro it's gotten boring to watch, little running rugby, all about pushing the line and ball control.
I couldnae name you three of the Scottish team now.

[57vintage]

I used to enjoy rugby, but since it went pro it's gotten boring to watch, little running rugby, all about pushing the line and ball control.
I couldnae name you three of the Scottish team now.

I'd struggle to name three of the Scottish FITBA team now, min.

[Pacman1903]

I'd struggle to name three of the Scottish FITBA team now, min.

Good point well made

[Disco Buc]

I'd struggle to name three of the Scottish FITBA team now, min.

Yup very fair point.

[kb_don]

I was at Murrayfield yesterday. Brilliant game and fantastic atmosphere.
Decent food, and being able to have a pint in the stadium adds so much to the matchday experience - football could learn a lot.

Hogg's second try was a wonderful dummy. The third try was the rugby equivalent of the Strachan/McMaster freekick against Bayern - pretending your doing one thing, so the defence switches off.

Football could learn from the bonus point system too. Both teams have an incentive to keep attacking for the full game - so you rarely get a team taking the lead and then seeing out the remainder of the match.

At the moment, Scottish rugby is on a high.
With corruption in the SFA+SPFL, Celtic financially out of site, and a depressing national team, I'm struggling to enjoy football these days.